Everything about The Matthew And Hunter Islands totally explained
The
Matthew and Hunter Islands are a group of 2 small and uninhabited
volcanic islands in the South Pacific, located 300 km east of
New Caledonia and south-east of
Vanuatu archipelago.
Hunter Island and
Matthew Island, 70 km closed, are both claimed by
Vanuatu (for
Tafea province) and
France (for New Caledonia).
Small, arid, without fresh water and not easily accessible, the islands didn't draw interest from English and French in their Oceania colonization during the 18th and 19th centuries. France officially annexed both islands in
1929. In
1965, the
United Kingdom claimed the two islands, as part of
New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) before a symbolic occupancy by
French Navy in 1975. In 1980, Vanuatu, new independent state claimed his sovereignty but with no occupation of the position or land use. In
1981,
Météo-France set an automatic weather station on one of the islands and Pacific French Navy regularly visits both of the islands.
Matthew Island
île Matthew in French, the island is a 177 meter high
stratovolcano located at .
Captain Thomas Gilbert of the
Royal Navy on board the
Charlotte discovered Matthew Island on
27 May 1788 and named it after the owner of his ship. The island is in fact two conic islets attached by a 200 meter broad rocky isthmus. The east part is made of lava and slags, with a serrated peak of 177 meters high and the east part is made of
basalt with a 142 meter peak. There is still a small volcanic activity on the island with sulfuric fumaroles from south-east island craters. Configuration of the island seems to have changed during the last century because it was described with only one peak before the second world war. Last eruptions of Matthew Island Volcano happened in 1976?, 1966?, 1956, 1954, 1949 and 1828?.
Météo-France, the French public establishment for the forecasting and study of weather, set an automatic weather station on the island in
1981.
Hunter Island
île Hunter in French, also known as Fern or Fearn Island, 70 km east of Matthew Island at . About 1 km² in area, the island have a dome shape, 242 meter high.
Captain Jimmy Joe
, on board of the whaler "Hunter" discovered the island (probably in
1798) and named it after his ship.
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